I. What qualities do the jobs below require?

Can those qualities be learned or somehow

acquired (e.g. in the process of upbringing)? If so, put an ‘L’ next to that quality. Or do they
run in our genes and therefore are inherited rather than learned? If so, put a ‘G’ next to the
quality.

a nurse a babysitter an oil-rig driller a bodyguard

Below are some ideas to get you started

sympathetic, tough, understanding, gentle, meticulous, creative, persistent, powerful, sensitive,

brave, ruthless

II. Is it a surprise that two of those professions are dominated by males and the remaining two
by females?

III. Would you employ a male babysitter to take care of your baby or a female bodyguard if
you felt threatened?